Beauty and Beasts

She always thought she was Beauty.
She saw love in the roughest men.
She thought that with a kiss she could tame them.
But that's never been the end!

Chorus:
Beast after beast she has tried to take down.
But she hasn't got very far!
To her surprise they weren't bound by a spell,
And beast after beast they still are!

She finds a beast and tries to make him
Into the man of her dreams.
He plays along, then devours.
She never learns, it seems.
(Chorus)

I saw her with a new beast this morning.
She had her head on his arm.
But she doesn't see he is rotten.
She is blinded by his charm.
(Chorus)

And now she sits there broken,
From beast after beast who tore her heart.
Oh, what would it be like had she not opened
That door to the beasts from the start!
(Chorus)

If only she knew the meaning
That beasts most often stay as they are.
No girl alive now can change them
And they'll always be beasts by far.

Last Chorus:
So beast after beast she will try to take down.
But she'll never get very far.
To her surprise they aren't bound by a spell,
And beast after beast they still are!

And to her demise they aren't bound by a spell,
So beast after beast they still are!


© Daniel Lorimer
February 14, 2010